The progression of chronic tuberculosis in the mouse does not require the participation of B lymphocytes or interleukin-4

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 537-545

  Turner, J ^a   Frank, A A ^a   Brooks, J V ^a   Gonzalez Juarrero, M ^a   Orme, I M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Infectious disease; Interleukin 4; Lung; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-4; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035095385     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(00)00257-6     Document Type: Article

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